Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, November 10, 2020 By: Scott Fallon Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration sued one of the nation’s largest companies on Tuesday seeking financial damages for a cornucopia of pollution that has seeped from an Edgewater Superfund site into the Hudson River and the surrounding area for decades. The lawsuit filed against Honeywell International seeks money […]

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/, March 2, 2020 By: Ashish Mansharamani and Abhimanyu Shrivastava The media has consistently reported on cancer deaths in the Malwa region of Punjab. While a definite scientific finding on the same is awaited, there have been varying conclusions which may, at best, be speculative in nature.  But first, it is important to bring […]

Source: https://blog.cvn.com/, November 5, 2020 By: David Siegel Bayer-owned Monsanto faces opening statements next Tuesday in Washington state court in a trial alleging long-lasting carcinogenic chemicals in a school building put the health of numerous teachers and students at risk. The lawsuit, filed by three former teachers at the Sky Valley School and one of […]

Source: https://bronx.news12.com/, November 4, 2020 New soil contamination has been found at a Bethpage ballfield that has been plagued by issues. The decades-old toxic dumping ground at Bethpage Community Park has caused it to be off limits for years. It’s directly linked to the Grumman Corporation. A high-tech cleanup is underway at the ballfield after […]

Source: https://www.recordonline.com/, October 29, 2020 By: Daniel Axelrod Local leaders say they’re indignant at news the Air Force probably won’t prioritize cleanup funds for pollution the military likely caused to the city’s former primary drinking water source. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York’s senior Democratic senator, broke the news to local leaders late […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, October 28, 2020 By: Danielle Kaeding A 2015 report identified hazardous substances on the site of the Sheboygan Municipal Armory near Lake Michigan, but contamination was only recently reported to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at the request of state environmental regulators. Now, the DNR is directing the city to investigate and […]

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/, October 27, 2020 By: Molly Shelly While a dairy farm in Fairfield has had its products taken off the shelves since June following the discovery of high levels of so-called “forever chemicals” in its milk, a nearby resident says she recently found out her well water has been contaminated with the same chemicals. […]

Source: https://www.timesunion.com/, October 26, 2020 By: Ry Rivard The state last week labeled the Adirondack Regional Airport, a town-owned airfield near Saranac Lake, a hazardous waste site. Like hundreds of other airports across the country, Adirondack Regional over the years sprayed firefighting foam that contains chemicals now known to cause cancer and other health problems. These persistent “forever chemicals,” […]

Source: http://indepthnh.org/, October 27, 2020 Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and Gov. Chris Sununu announce that the state has filed suit against several manufacturers of polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs. The state has sued Monsanto Company, Solutia, Inc., and Pharmacia LLC for contamination of public property, surface water, sediment, fish, wildlife, marine resources, and other natural […]

Source: https://www.traverseticker.com/, October 27, 2020 By: Beth Milligan Approximately 20 households in East Bay Township could have drinking wells contaminated with PFAS chemicals linked to cancer and other health risks – with state and local health officials seeking to test the properties, provide bottled water as a short-term safety precaution, and potentially switch the homes […]

Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/, October 22, 2020 By: Lynne Peeples Before her 73-year-old mom contracted Legionnaires’ disease at a nursing home earlier this year, Monique Barlow knew little about the deadly pneumonia and the waterborne pathogen that causes it. “Until then, I didn’t give it much thought,” says Barlow. “I didn’t even really know what it was.” […]

Source: https://www.nj.com/, October 22, 2020 By: Bill Duhart A South Jersey chemical manufacturer has filed a lawsuit accusing a nearby refinery of being the source of water pollution for which the manufacturer has paid “millions” to remediate for more than a decade. Solvay Specialty Polymers — which had operated a facility in West Deptford, about 3 miles […]